The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-13 00:00:00

COAL TRADE MONOPOLY. The Select Committee of the House of Commons met again on Friday, and proceeded in th e examination of Wit nesses, but, in consequence of an . order tsswed tly the Com mittee, we are prohibited from NyttA detailed acccunt of its proceedings. We regret Oil: Ole Committee has judged it t advisable to prohibit the rahlication (which sett Only be for a short time), as these interested would otherwise have an op portunity to answer the evidence given by the monaroliSts. But so far has :the Committee gone, that it hal even refused a copy of the evidence to Mr. Northhottse, the agent for a hotly of petitioners against the monopoly. If we had been allowed to have conti nue d t h e publicati on great good would have arisen from it. In fact, it has already called forth much indignation, and one very large meeting has been held by the Coffee and Eating-house keepers, who have paned resolutions condemning in very st rong terms the existing monopoly. The tition of the Coffee-house keepers has been pr'- vented to the House of Commons, and rrferrcd to the Cod Com mittee. Petitions are env.- laving for sifmatures all over London. This it an important question which interests ell classes, but more parti cu l ar ly t h e poor ; an d we d ou b t not t h at the Committee, when it hears the evidence that is ready to be laid hefore it will be convinced that coals can be reduced at knit S. per ton to the consumer. On reading over the name,' of the Honourable. Memberi forming the Select Ccm • mince, the public will find that the greater number of them are coal proprietors (or near relatives to them), coal factors, and aldermen, &c., interested in supporting the regulations entered into between the coal shippers in the North and coal factors in London, which regulations are the sole cause of the high price of coals. There are only two or three independent rilcmbers on the Committee to defend the public interest, and we may ask whether the Honourable Members for Finsbury, Westminster, and East Surrey are constant in their at tendance ? We must render justice to the Noble Lord the Mcnaber for Monmouthshire and the Hon. Member for Kilkenny for their constant attendance and judicious exertions. The substance of the evidence given on Friday was, we un derstand, favourable to the abolition of the monopoly. Mr. Bentley showed that, if the present mode of unloading by lighters, and exacting duties, were abolished, a very great in crease would take place in the coalsiexported from London. This evidence was confirmed by a Mr. R. Johnson and a Mr. Jackson. All these gentlemen, as well as a Mr. Rose, stated that great loss accrued, which of course falls on the consumers, from the ships being detained in the River. They have to wait for ballast as well as to unload, and about twenty-three is the average number waiting for ballast. A great expense also is caused by lighters carrying ballast to the vessels. All these expenses might no doubt be saved. A Mr. Horne, a coal-merchant, proved that there was plenty of coals in store during the frost, though some of the dealers sold them as high as 50s. per ton. Sonic of the monopolists have praised the regulations because the market has been well supplied since they were established ; but since 1834 there has not been, till this year, a severe winter, and now the price of coal has risen more than one third. This it , no proof of working well with plenty of coals in store. In Mr. Horne's opinion an open competition would lower the price of coals at least 3s. per ton, but we believe if bargemen's monopoly and factor's monopoly were all done away, that the price would be lowered nearly three times 3s. Everybody admits that a wonderful saving of expense would be the conse quence of enabling the ships to unload quickly, and get their ballast cheaply. Whatever else, therefore, may be the result, we have no doubt that at least an improvement in the man ner of unloading colliers will ensue; that some attention will be paid to the conservancy of the Thames in the interest of the public, and that a moans will be found of supplying the poor of the metropolis at a much cheaper rato with fuel than at present, which in winter is as much a necessary of life as bread. lit AILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. 0 America......... 1 1 France ..... 0 0 Brazil ...« ....... 0 Guern. 14 Jersey 0 0 Rr.cnos Ayres.. 0 . 0 Hamburg I 0 carthagena...... 0 0 Holland ......« 0 1 0 11 Jamaica 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islandq 11 Arrived. Due. 0 Lighnn.... tl 0 Malta 0 0 0 Ostend 0 0 Sweden 0 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning .. 49 minutes after 3 1 Evening Just published at 35., and in Folio at 7s. 6d. Part IV of SAUNDERi' POLITICAL REFORMERS, containing Portraits and Memoirs of GEORGE BYNG, Esq., M.P. Right Hon. C. P. THOMSON, M.P. (From Paintings by George Hayter, Esq.) And THOMAS WYSE, Esq., M.P. '"„• Parts Ito 111 may be had of all Booksellers ; also thick Folio Proof Impressions of the Portraits at ss. each. Now ready, No. 1., at 6d., Part I. at 25., with PORTRAIT OF PAPINEAU, THE CIVIL WAR IN THE CANADAS, With a general and a highly interesting Account of the Pro vinces and their Inhabitants ; comprising 1- Historical Sketch of the Progress of Settlement. 2. Re ourees and Trade of the Country. 3. Description of the Country and Climate. 4. Social Condition of the People, Manners, Habits, Castoms, Amusements, Songs, &c. 5. Religion, Educa tion, the Press, &e. 6. Population. 7. Information for Emi grants. 8. Memoirs of the Canadian Leaders, &c. with 'VIEWS, MAPS, PLANS, AND PORTRAITS. London : J. Saunders, Jun. 7, Dyer's Buildings, Holborn Bars. The publication of Tux SUN NRWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITH mum " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1838. Last night the Fishguard Harbour Bill was read a se cond time, by 181 to 20. Thus, by a ♦ast majority, the House of Commons has undone that which it did last Session unanimously. Being a Private Bill it passed un noticed, and the navigation of the whole country was liable to be taxed and impeded, because nobody chose to enquire into the matter. How many hundred of Private Bills have been smuggled through the House in the same way ! How many millions of money have been wrong fully paid by individuals who never knew till they were passed, that private and local measures affecting their in terests were—not under the consideration but—under the the sanction of Parliament. This is a strong illustration of the necessity for the great attention we have paid to the Private Business of Parliament, which shall no longer be " smuggled" through the House. Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S degraded position—he being, as we have already stated, on a level with Sir JOHN OWEN'S butler—is fully evidenced by his vote on this Bill. Ho not only spoke, but voted in its favour. For an ex-First Lord of the Admiralty, and an ex-member of the Cabinet, to bind himself to such a job, and to he solicitous to levy an enormous tax on the shipping of the country to put pelf into the pockets of a private Company is very degrad ing. It would never have been done by the independent Member for Cumberland, but must be submitted to by the dependent Member for Pembroke. Sir JOHN OWEN'S servant must vote as Sir JOHN bid 4 him. It is a pity that such an important question as the abo lition of the duty on Firo Insurances should be taken up by Colonel Sturnotte, whose advocacy gives dignity to no question. Its own great importance could scarcely confer dign;.ty on such a Member of the House of Commons, At OA same time we must take the liberty of telling the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whatever may be the wants of the State, that they must not he provided for by con tinning a tax on prudence, and so encouraging impro videnoe. For the privilege of insuring our houses against fire we must pay to the State twice as much as we must pay for the insurance. While there is a single branch of the public expenditure, which might by any possibility ho reduced 800,0001. a-year, and there are; several, the com munity will have a right to complain of this improvident tea. On a division, only twenty Members voted in fa- Al Colonel SlbTlioar's motion, while ninety-five voted against it. The number present shows how little in terest the Members take in the good of the public, retripared to the interest they take in personal iinestiong. More than 500 were present to decide Concerning Mr. O'CoNNELL. Though we should wish this important subject to be taken up by a more competent ad vocate than Colonel SIBTHORP, his labours for the public benefit do him honour. If he would_ stick to such ques tions we would zealously applaud him, and can assure him that ha would thereby obtain a much more pleasing reputa tion, than by those petty personal attacks on the Ministers in which he continually indulges. It was stated i❑ The Sun on Saturday, that " as the Liberals are more numerous, and consequently have a better chance of being ballotted on Committees, they may safely calculate on having the advantage before all the disputed cases arc settled. The Standard, in animadverting on this, bays, " here then it is avowed that a majority is tantamount to insuring a decision in favour of a Liberal Member"—a most notable discovery• Why, Rho for the list tiro months bas avowed anything to the contrary ? What has made Labe-rale and Toties:ru s b to the blouse on the day of Elec t ion Ballots, but the hote'of getting a majority which might dcridu in rilVour of their friends ? We have not, like Mr. O'CONNELL, blamed only one party—tie helieVe tlere is a big: on eath tide., and that the WIS and the majot:!ty together in almost e've'ry instilnee deckle the ebni. test. To aF.,ert the contrary would only excite laughter. The )'.s l anitard knows the fact, and laments in bitter terms the loss of eleven seats by the apathy of these Tories who prefer Clubs and Gambling houses to tlic4 House of Com mons. Was the otiele urging them to attend written for a particular purpose ? The Committee on the Dublin tlection Pet'tion is to be ballotted fer to-day, and 'A hat a grand occasicn for a full muster of the Mailstoce party ! The finestion of forming Controverted Election Com mit tees again to be al;itatcd on Friday, ondconsiderablo in terrst has been excited on it by a declaration of S'r Ronr.rur PEEL, that he has some doubts whether the Members of the House. of Commons can form a just tribunal to decide such questions. The Times, we have already remarked, fully shares Mr. O ' CONNELL ' S opinions of those Commit tees ; and the Post of this morning says, that the Mem bers cannot so completely divest themselves of the withstand the influences, which interests so vast are calcu lated to create, as to fit themselves for conducting, to any fair or satisfactory conclusion, investigations of Cite nature of those which are committed to Election Committees." All parties then now agree with Mr. O'CoNNELL, though sr; fortnight ago the Post was bawling loudly for 1144 to be punished, for stating forcibly, and with effect, what it now states, with mealy mouth and courteous phrase. The polite Tories, in fact, meant to punish Mr. O'CoxNELL for the coarseness, not the falsehood, of his assertions. In recording our agreement with the opinions of our Contemporaries,as to theunfitness of Members of the House of Commons to decide Controverted Elections, we by no means suppose with the Post that the Members of the reformed House of Commons are worse qualified than the Members of the unreformed House of Commons, to decide such questions. Before we can adopt that view we must forget of what classes the unreformed House was composed. Where there is now is the House ten men of business tolerably well acquainted with the laws, and able to express their opinione—industricus, hard-working, and intelligent gentlemen—there was not in the unreformed House two. The improved character of the Members is in fact one of the most remarkable effects of the Reform Act, and that one which makes the large number of Members now injurious. When that assembly consisted of some half a dozen orators on each side,followcdby aherd of booby squires, elected by their tenants, scions of Noble Houses, sent to Parliament by their papas, rich nabobs who bought their seats, slave-owners who were sent into the House by a stock-purse to defend the sinister interests of the tribe, with 'sere and there a man who, elected by independent constituencies,; had to attend to public businesss, it was much easier managed than at present. The multitude of Wrongheads who continually cried Aye when, as far as reason, justice, and the public were concerned, they ought to have cried No, was much greater formerly than now. Several individuals at present who are men of talent, and as capable of judging for them selves as the leaders are, take their own course, and disorder the tactics of parties, which formerly kept the Ina and the Outs ranged into two compact and servile bodies. But though we have a much more favourable opinion of the reformed than of the unreformed House, we agree with our Contemporaries, that the Members cannot form a fair tribunal to decide Controverted Elections. Several schemes have been propounded to improve their jurisdiction, the latest of which is contained in a pamphlet by SCRUTATOR, entitled " Strictures, Esc." The gentle man proposes that the SPEAKER shall appoint five barristers of the English bar, two of the Scotch bar, and two of the Irish bar, to be called the law officers of the House of Commons ; and to a Select Committee, consisting of three of these gentlemen, every Election petition is to be referred. An appeal is to lie from this Select Committee on questions of law to the whole body of law officers. It is to report to the House like an Election Committee at present, and its report is to he final, unless an actual majority of the whole House of Commons, 329 Members, decides to the contrary. The author succeeds, we think, in demonstrating that the Report of Mr. C. BULLER'S Com mittee is inconclusive, and his proposed Bill -ineffective ; but we can not admit that his cumbrous scheme is at all called for. Like almost all other schemes of the kind, it proceeds on the supposition that the jurisdiction of the House of Commons- over its own Members is by no means to be removed. Hence the final appeal to it, and hence the appointment by the SPEAKER of those who are to try the question. Now this appears to us a fundamental error derived from the former position of the House of Commons, which ought no longer to be acted on. As the House of Commons grew into power the Judges of the land, by their decisions, were, in fact, Legislators. All the common law is made by them. Of course, the Commons could not submit their privileges to be decided by the inferior tribunal of the Judges, who were guided by their own discretion and the discretion of their predecessors. Neither could the House of Commons submit their privi leges to the decision of the antagonist power of the Peers. Then it was right for the House of Com mons to decide all questions concerning Elections by and of themselves. But now, when Elections are all regulated by statutes settled by the Three Estates, the House of Commons has no more right to decide ques tions concerning them than concerning violations of pro perty, or infractions of the penal laws. It is not a body for adrdnistering but for making laws, and ought to leave all questions of violating the law to be decided by the ordinary Judges of the land. Questions o f fact as to the Elections ought rather to be decided by a new appeal to the consti tuents if necessary, than by the House or by a Committee, but all questions of law should be left to the ordinary Courts of justice. A charge of bribery, and corrup tion, or of intimidation, might bo tried there, and, if proved, might carry with it as a punishment the loss of a seat, and fine and imprisonment in addi tion. All special tribunals we hold to he injurious, and, till questions of law, arising out of contested Elections, be referred to the ordinary tribunals of the country, and questions of doubtful fact be referred back to the consti tuents, we shall look for no permanent settlement of this now vexatious question. The motion which Colonel EVANS brings on this evening in the House of Commons will, no doubt, elicit some new facts relative to the treatment of. the British Legion in Spain. Many points remain to bo cleared up, and Mem bers on both sides of the House will be anxious to hear what can be said for the Spanish Government. There is but one opinion on the subject at present, and that opinion has been well expressed in the words of General O'Com- NELL—" the conduct cf the Spanish authorities towards the Legion has been infamous." The bad treatment which the men received has been repeatedly brought before the public, and though a palliation has been offered for some of the charges, not one of them has been refuted. Col. EVANS will work a miracle if he can do away with the bad impres sion which prevails as to the co-operation of the Spanish Generals—the want of food and clothing, and pay, and the ungrateful conduct of Spain to the men who went out under the protection of the British Government, fought bravely in the cause of the QUEEN, and when reduced to a skeleton, can hardly find means to preserve them from starvation. According to a letter in a Morning Contemporary yesterday, the condition of these unfortunate men is worse than ever. From the small pay which they were to receive, reductions are to he made for accoutrements and clothing which they probably never had. The widows and orphans of the men murdered at Andoain are still destitute. Several officers have lived on bread and water for the last three months, and sone of them arc confined to their rooms for want of shoes. If these are facts, and the Spanish Govern ment still refuse redress, the House of Commons will not listen to their appeal in vain. We yesterday alluded to a well-timed and highly in- teresting work from the pen of the Marquis of SLIGO, which has lately appeared under the title of " Jamaica under the Apprenticeship System." We now resume the remarks, which want of space obliged us to cut short yesterday. henever the atrocities committed by the West India planters have been exposed, and held up to the indignant reprobation of the British public, the constant cry of those persons, and of their abettors on this side of the Atlantic, has been, that the circumstances were misrepresented— that the public were made the dupes of ignorant or de sign'ng demjgogues—that the conduct of the slave-owners was viewed through the distorting medium of preju dice or fanaticism—that even those who described what they sAw with theif• own eii'es, Were by reason Of Vgnci•an`ce bf fire h'ekl6 in f c,4ibVi of jil'lging correctly concerning the facts to which they were witnesses. All these, and many other objections equally groundless, have been raised against the evidence Of Rll r.lid vehtthed to laid' a Vvoi'd naffing to bring into question the humane disposition and upright condua of \Vest India attorne's i ovbrseeri, And hook-kafiers: it is, thci•eibte, a fnatici• et high importance to the right understanding of the points at issue between these gentle men and the people cf England; that there should be Lowe recorder of their acts, and interpreter of their feelings, against whom no exception can possibly be taken by either patty. If any man can justly lay claim to this character, it is the late Governor of Jamaica. cannot be charged with ignorance of the negro character, and he has had ample means of studying the white character also. He has not been a superficial observer merely of the working of the apprenticeship system—he has been in the very thick of it, and has marked all its hearings with a calmness, a s iga city, and correctness that render him a safe and trusty guide. He is, moreover, ono of the largest proprietors in the island of Jamaica, and can consequently have no interest separate from that of the class to which he belongs. What then is the conclusion at which we arrive from a careful perusal of Lord SLIGO'S work? It is, we lenient to say, this —that the slave-owners and their agents, instead of faith fully performing their part of the contract, under which they received twenty millions of money from the people of Great Britain—instead of yielding a willing obedi ence to the Act of emancipation, and following out its intentions and spirit by humanely relaxing the rigours of slavery, and preparing the human chattel for taking his place in the rank of free men, have resorted to every expedient that ingenuity stimulated by malig nity could devise, in order to defeat the object of the British Legislature. We grieve to add that they have been but too successful, and that the negroes are at this moment in many respects worse off than they were before the apprenticeship commenced. The hope of being rescued from ruin by the enormous grant of the public money, and their fears that the black population would, as it was natural In them to suppose, break out into acts of violence the instant the fetters dropped from their limbs, acted at first as a check —a salutary but, alas! transient restraint, upon the tyrannical disposition of these cruel men ; but r.o sooner did they sack the money—no sooner was this fear proved to be un founded by the pious, sober, orderly, and in every respect exemplary, behaviour of the Negroes—than their oppressors returned to their oppressions, as the sow to her wallowing in the mire, and that, too, apparently with augmented relish. For a connected view of those oppressions which .are so dove-tailed into one another that we can hardly separate them, we must refer our readers to the Noble Marquis's work, where they are detailed with great clearness, and the proper remedies pointed out. It is but justice to Lord SLIGO to state, that it is no fault of his that these remedies have not been applied long ago. He never ceased during the period of his Government to represent to the Colonial Secretary the state of things in Jamaica, and to impor tune his interference, and that of the Legislature to cast the powerful shield of their protection over the much wronged apprentices ; but it was in vain. Nothiug has to this moment been done to compel the performance of the stipulations entered into by the Jamaica people. The country is now led to expect that something effec tual will at last be attempted. The proceedings in the House of Lords to-night will show how far these eager expectations are to be realized. For our own part, we have no faith in the efficacy of any measures which the British Parliament may adopt except one, and that is the immediate termination of the apprenticeship. We shall now give an extract or two. It has again and again been denied that females are ever flogged in Jamaica. Hear what Lord SLIGO says on this point : " H. Sloly, the supervisor of the House of Correction of Trelawny, was also tried for flogging a woman on the tread and, though convicted, was never called up for judg ment, in consequence of an intimation, delivered in open Court by the Chief Justice, that there was no intention on the part of the Crown to punish the man ; and that the only object sought, was to ascertain the state of the law. " Phillips, the driver of St. Andrew's workhouse, was likewise tried and found guilty of flogging a woman, Jane Henry, because she would not submit to his desires ; it was then proved that this species of debauchery and punishment of females was of frequent occurrence. Yet the supervisor, who ought to have known the fact—who must have known of it—was kept in his office, as before, and the Custos even per. suadcd the parish to pay the expenses of his defence. It might naturally have been supposed that the man would have been dismissed at once; and be would have been so, had not the Custos and magistrate approved of his conduct. " In the cases of the tremendous cruelties which took place in the workhouse of the parish of St. John's, which were discovered by Mr. E. D. Baynes, the special justice, it was proved, that the prisoners were half starved by the supervisor; that he remained absent from the workhouse, contrary to the Magistrates' regulations ; that excessive cruelties took place in chaining sick people ; but, above all, it was sworn that a poor apprentice was flogged on an open ulceratedsor, in order to make his sufferings the greater. The bills, ls, these cases, were thrown out by the Grand Jury, as has been before mentioned." How the heart sickens at the bare mention of such atro cities as these. Is it wonderful that the women of Eng land are crying out against these abominations ? The following testimony of Lord SLIGO, in favour of the missionaries, that much calumniated class of men, will be read with deep interest : " They looked upon the dissenting Missionaries also as the fomenters of rebellion, and promoters of discontent and disobedience on the part of the negroes ; an opinion often maintained in England by persons connected with the co lony. Lord Sligo, after a very short period, expressed his conviction of their great value; acknowledged the obliga tions which were due to them for their exertions to pro mote the spiritual instruction of the blacks ; and stated that, in his opinion, almost all the religious fccling which existed among the slaves was derived from their efforts. That such is the truth cannot be denied ; and it is equally true that their unpopularity arose from their having con fronted all dangers, and nearly encountered martyrdom, by their noble attempts to protect the slave from severities, which though then permissible by law, could never be con sidered justifiable in the sight of God. They were too loyal subjects, and tco good Christians, to be guilty of what they were so generally reproached with ; namely, trying to make the negroes discontented with their lot, or, as the usual prase runs there, disturbing the minds of the negroes,' or exciting them to revolutionary projects. The disturb ance of the mind of the negroes consisted in their boldly opposing every danger to protect them from the abuses of the law as it then stood ; and, inducing them to bear patiently the grievances of which they complained, by point ing out to them the certainty of approaching relief through the medium of the British Parliament. These men were truly objects to be cherished ; and the support they received from Lord Sligo was one cause of his unpopularity in the colony, and of the resolute opposition which his measures encountered." The Noble Lord concludes his work with the following reflections, which we would recommend to the serious con sideration of the West India proprietors : In truth, there is no justice in the general local in stitutions of Jamaica ; because there is no public opinion to which an appeal can be made. Slavery has divided so ciety into two classes; to one it has given power, but to the other it has not extended protection. One of these classes is above public opinion, and the other is below it; neither are, therefore, under its influence ; and it is much to be feared, that owing to the want of sympathy between them, to the want of dependence and mutual confidence, to the poorer class being able to provide for the necessities of life, without any application to the higher, there never will he in Jamaica, or any other slave colony, a community of feeling on which public opinion can operate beneficially. 'There now exists, indeed, something so termed ; but it does not deserve the name ; it makes the timid man afraid to act rightly, and confii ms the designing intriguer in his schemes. It is to be hoped that this complete separation may melt away, and that some kind of approximation of the two classes may arise. The prospects otherwise may be awful— great indeed is the blindness which does not see this, great indeed is the fatuity which does not provide against it. What must be the feelings of the negro towards those who show such an utter want of confidence in him, that all their public acts arc of a stringent nature? That they deprive him of the only trade which he is able with his limited means to engage in— namely, with the next island, St. Domingo, lest ho should there learn too much of the common right of all people in a repre sentative state—namely, a share in the representation. If that scheme has not succeeded, it is not to the white inhabitants of Jamaica that the negroes owe its failure, but to the British Government. Can the negro endure to have himself cursed, and called " a damned black rascal" on all occasions ? Can he like to hate all sense of morality and decency out raged in the persons of his wife and daughters ? Let the inhabitants of Jamaica look to these things in time, and remedy the evil before it is too late. Let them recollect, that unless they regain the confidence of those from whom alone free labour can be obtained, the year 1840 will be the unprofitable commencement of a series of still more unprofitable years ; that if the negroes do not labour freely in 1840, it will be difficult , with thei r small necessities, to induce them to do so at any future period. Let them support, and not on every occasion vilify, their religious teachers, to whom they already owe more of the good conduct of the negroes than they are willing to acknow- - , .. ~ f r'. f,kl , f - -- 6 ,_" - 4-. '• 7 1 ' • i -tiaN wfr el---41A-1 - ° N.N.; •' 7 V , .....A . it, • 7 . A. •.•,,,, . The aanx. tut', sOit, Loiox, 413sbA.Y; MARCH Is, tsfla ledge. Let them not endearour to diminish the iattiqral ar.d legitimate influence of those excellent men, the mis ?le!.ittilAt, ntimancethey2Y,RXF, , irlutp; onc day themselves req4ire. Let .theM not iMagine, ne; - ;?.tst,; tht skid of, the ncgroci. diirkef than their own; that hive nSt,th iTfit e itigs MA. !let them ilot suppose that, V;lteti these de spised blacks are free, and when thej+ gaiii the odaiiiou4l knowledge which the change in their social condition hti inevitably impart, they will calmly submit as they h av e hillietto dont. It vguld he mach better for the Jamaica proprietor tti gite liberally PO*, stli)lst h tl it in his poi;ser to give,. than wait for g reaction, once it tditet plict, Will be terrible in its cOnsetpientes. c would oat hesitate, if he was aware of the etcet of it little kindness on the mind of the poor contemned black. Little does lit know how deep every act of considerate regard and kindly feeling sinks into his heart, or how it carries with it gratitude and devotion. Let him not say, " I thank God that I am not a publican and sinner as this man is," but let hint pour wine and oil into his wounds, and make him his friend. Letters and papers from Madrid of the 3 , 1 inst. have been received this morning. Annexed is the whole of the official intelligence contained in the columns of the Gazette relative to the military movements in the provinces : "The Captain-General of Castilla la Nueva informs tho. Government to-day (2d), that he had communications from the officer commanding on the line of road through La Mancha, dated the 27th ult., that the faction of Basilio marched from Navas de San Juan on the 23d to Santa Elena, and on the 24th to Viso, where the Christino troops of the N'enta de Corderas and of Almuradiel erected some tempo rary fortifications for their protection ; and that on the 25th the rebels marched towards Calzada de Calatrava, their probable intention being to proceed to Puerto Lano and Almadova." " According to dispatches received in the Home-office from Nlanzanares of the 26th, the faction of the rebel Basilio left the town of Viso at ten o'clock on the morning of the 25th, proceeding to Calzada de Calatrava, having first burnt down all the houses in the place, which the brave garrison was unable to deiced by their fire from the fort. It is said the forces of General Sanz were near at hand. " According to another account, dated Manzanares, the 28th, eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the faction was stated to have entered Calzada de Calatrava, and stopped there until the 28th, when they marched towards Argamasilla and Almo dovar, although it was also reported they were going to Alma gro. On entering Calzada they took the fort, which they afterwards burned, inhumanly butchering in cold blood all the persons who had taken refuge there. The detachment sta tioned at Viso retreated to Alanzanares. The faction of Ore jita had united itself with that of Basilio at Calzada. Tho Christino forces had ordered rations at Carolina." The concluding sentence is characteristic of the expedi• tion and invincible daring of SANS' Christino heroes. The Carlists burn towns and they order rations ! Neither the smell of fire nor the scent of blood impairs their appetite. Armed with trencher and wine stoup the Christinos are a match for legions of Carlists—at a safe distance. In ad dition to the above the Gazette publishes the following dis patches from the political Governor of Toledo, to his excellency the War Minister : Excellent Sir—ln consequence of the communications directed to the Commandant-General of this province, Major- General Flinter, with respect to the movement of Don Ba silio's factions, and having consulted with him about the dis position of troops and other measures, I have given timely orders to the Alcaldes of Polon, Puebla de Montalvan, Mal pica, Cebolla, Morejon, Villasca de la Sacra, and Anover do Tago, to destroy the wherries on the Tagus at Portusa, Cas tijon, Alien, Cebolla, and other villages on that river. I have also despatched spies in the proper directions, and I have established a regular communication with the above General along the extensive line commanded by him, and arranged so that we may be mutually informed of what is going on, and which I shall transmit your Excellency. " MARTIN DE FORONDA. Toledo, March 1, 1838." There prevailed a rumour in Madrid of a victory gained by General NARVAIIS over the Carlist Chief TOLADA, near Baza. Tho Government kas ordered the return of Gen. ORAA to Valencia. In the Chambers the election of Senators and Deputies was the sole subject of discussion on the 2d and 3d inst. The Cabinet continued to receive the sapport of a large majority of the Chambers, notwithstanding the rumours afloat that it was on the eve of a dissolution. The Paris papers of Sunday are wholly occupied with discussing the triumph of the British Ministers last week in the House of Commons. Most of the leading French Journals congratulate their readers on the defeat of the Tories, whose resumption of office they seem to dread not less than do the English Liberals. They contain no other news of any political interest, with the exception of the little contained in one of the subjoined extracts : The levee of the English Ambassador yesterday was very brilliant. A great number of Englishmen of distinction and of French and foreigners, were eag er to congratulate Lord Granville on the triumph obtained by his Cabinet, the news of which had arrived and rapidly spread through the city. The whole company seemed enchanted that Lord Granville re tained his post, which he would infallibly have resigned if a Tory Cabinet had taken the place of the Melbourne Admi nistration. " A letter from Rome, of the 18th February, says it was again reported that the Commander Montinho do Lima, Am. bassador of Brasil, at Paris, would soon come to Rome, and it was hoped that he would be more successful this year, in in ducing his Holiness to make a change conformably to the views of the Brazilian Government, in the affair of the institution of the Bishops. M. Montinho is considered to be the most able diplomatist of his country, and there has been more occasion at Rome, than anywhere else, to appreciate his honourable character, but it is an error to suppose, that this affair, in which the Holy See only asserts the rights of the Church, depends on the greater or less activity, or on the influence of indivi duals."—Le Temps. No accounts have yet been received in confirmation of the telegraphic despatch of yesterday, which announced that the Royalist Chief, Cabanero, had entered Saragossa, and had for a time occupied the principal points. We still believe that the fact needs confirmation, at least in its circumstances. But it proves nevertheless the confidence of the Royalists, the boldness of their enterprises, and the comparative state of weakness into which the revolutionary Government has fallen. A Carlist corps of 300 men and 50 horses has advanced to the Lampourdan, and has already taken many hostages. Carbo has judged it necessary to advance with 1,500 men and 100 horses against this corps, part of which has retreated to the mountains. On the 15th no news had been received for a long time at Gerona, from Baron de Meer. All the com munications were intercepted by the Carlists. On the same day Carbo arrived at Gerona with 300 men ; the remainder of his brigade was at Santa Colona. On the 20th inst. five battalions and 40 horses arrived in the same town, destined for the protection of the Lampourdan.—Gazetta de France. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Mcnet( 9. /Sills. Money. Austrian Metsviques, 5 per cent Dire_ ditto 3 per cent Ditto eitto 21 per cent Lotto Bank ?Shares 1428 1425 Anglo-Russian Loan N 1 8 Paper Inscription, 6 per cent Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., :3(1 and Ith Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto, 3 per cent. Dutch 25.. per Cents Ditto 5 per Cents Polish Bonds, 3 per cents New Tickets l5B 158 1 ,1 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7l % 704 Norwegian Lean of 114)4, 4 per cents ...... 1E Ns Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent l7 Greek 4 percents. 163:1, guaranteed by France EXCEIANCiES ON LONDON. Ilamat , ao, MARCH 3 —l3 11 ; two months. 13 91. STOCK MOLM, I rte. 27.—Two months, 12 12.11 CualwriaNia, Fats. 2.l.—Three months, 5 25. BREMEN, MARC!! 6.—Two months. 010. BERLIN. Mll RCN 6.—Three m•nthe, (S. 26). SY. PETREIMMIRGH, FEE. t7.—'Three months, 0 37-64. —Hamburg Papers, March 9. Bank Stock is at 209, and the interest of money is at 21 and 3 per cent. The Bank itself lends at 3f and 4 per cent. In other words, the Bank makes on its capital only, at most, 4 per cent., and yet it divides more than $ per cent. a mongst its shareholders. How is this ? The Three per Cents. are at 93, but the nation is pledged under all circum stances to pay 31. for every 601. it received. The interest on t h e National Debt does not depend on trade profit ; the value o f Bank Shares does ; and when the Bank makes only 4 per cent. on its capital, how comes it to divide 8 ? Are the pro fits of its trade enhanced by a tax on the public? We believe t hey are. This we know for certain, that whenever the Bank is in difficulties the Government comes to its aid, and by en hancing the rate of interest on Exchequer Bills, or some other means, throws 200,0001. or 300,0001. into its coffers. Bank Stock keeps up accordingly to a high price, though trade fail, and money cannot be profitably invested. Like the interest on the Public Funds, the interest en Bank Stock is paid out of the public taxes. Great as are the burdens laid on us by the State, to keep up regal magnificence, extravagant military show, and aristocratic splendour in the civil adminis tration, we are well convinced that they are light compared to t he burdens imposed by Corn, Coal, and Bank Monopolies. In fact, the little finger of selfish money monopoly weighs heavier on the national prosperity than the loins of the State, with all its regal splendour and extravagance. A few weeks ago a picture-dealer arrived in Boston, and exhibited his paintings to the delighted eyes of the would be connoisseurs in those matters. Amongst others, a worship ful magistrate, who prides himself much on his taste and judg ment in the fine arts, paid a visit to the dealer, and bargained with him for a couple of landscapes, perfect gems and origi nals, of course. Ultimately it was agreed that the magistrate should have the landscapes in exchange for a picture in his possession, and ho departed well satisfied with the result of his negotiation. The sequel affords another instance of the faci lity with which amateurs are generally "done" by regular traders. The landscapes were painted by a lad at a theatre in the north of England, for about twenty-five shillings each, and the dealer sold the picture he had obtained in exchange for them to a gentleman in Newark for a hundred and fifty pounds! So much for the discernment of amateur picture-dealers... — Boston Herald. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER Of the ROLLS this triointng tt;ok coment petitions. EARL OF SISAFTESI3URY N. MIRE OF iiltiLl?TinCrft. The petition in this case was that of Mr. Vaughan Thank!, Velldw of Cfl[~iiis htisti ebliego, Oxford, praying that he might be allowed the stun of One himdfOel atiA fifty pouthis as A remuneration' for his trouble irs exantlning, arranging, and eMaibgiiing the boots, china, pictures, and Ile!± teems of the late Duke of Marlborotigh, 1;t Jltenbeixn.liouse, according to the direetionr contained in his Grace's will. Mr. Nicnot, (who appeared fo the petitioner), stated that Mr. Thomas had, on a former occasion, by an order of the Court, and without any re the Master, been allowed one hundred St; el s.ven pounds. . The testator, by ilit i4lll, directed the examination, airangcrrient; and cat al ogue to be made front timid in time, and two copies 01 the catalogue to be Made, one of which was to be signed by the present Duke before . posscisitin at taken of the mansion. An agreement had been entcred into between the petitiofier and the trustees, that 1501. should be paid to hint for his trouble on the last Utra.ion, which, as he resided at Ox ford, and had frequently to go to Blenheim, was ceneidered but a fair and reasonable remuneration. Lord Ls...Guatts raid that as the petitioner came to the Court upon the agreement, he would make the order without a reference to the Marti' r. SHERIFF'S COURT-(TJIIS DAY•) NICHOLLS V, CSIIHONELL. This was an action brought to recover compensation for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at 5,0001., and the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default the Jury were called upon to assess the damages on the writ of inquiry. Mr. ROBERTS stated the case for the plaintiff. In 1818 the plaintiff met at a hall Miss Tripper, now the object of this inquiry, and was in duced to pay his addresses to her, which were favourably received and encouraged by her friends. Matters thus went on up to June 1821, when he was married to her at St. George's Church. Up to 1831 they continued to enjoy uninterrupted happiness, but in that year Mr. Nicholls, who is an extensive clothier residing in St. James's street, took a country villa at Elmstead, in Surrey, and at that time some of the defendant's friends resided about a mile off at Coal harbour Cottage. In 1833 the plaintiff was introduced to General Mendizabal, and the defendant, who was entrusted with high and important duties by the Queen of Spain in this country. They did not, however, become intimate until 1834, when the defendant re peatedly visited the plaintiff at Elmstead, on account of ill-health. The defendant's unsuspecting friend did not observe or hear of anything until September, 1835,when a servant, named Rooker, had her atten tion excited by the plaintiff's wile directing her never to enter the room before knocking. On one occasion, when the defendant's cab was at the door, and Mr. Carbonell and Mrs. Nicholls were in the drawing.room alone, the servant went in without knocking, and she then observed them in that state that left no doubt of the criminal act having been effected. Elizabeth Atlee proved that the defendant and Mrs. IsTlebolls were now living at Ealing as man and wife. _ No Counsel appeared for the defendant. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 100/. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, MARCH 13. Wind N.E., fine weather.—Arrived the Brixton, Elbourne, from the South Seas. Several colliers and coasting vessels passed during the day, names unknown. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.—Wind S. to S.W., fine.—Arrived the So. phia, Leleau, from Cork; and Ruby, Dodd, from Sealiam. Sailed the Nautilus, Bacon, for Liverpool. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 11.—Wind E.—Arrived the Acorn, Wood, from Shields to Oporto, to stop a leak. Arrived off port the William llutt, Fleming, from Manilla to London, out 150 days. FALMOUTH, M►RCH 11.—Wind S.S.E. to E.S.E., strong breezes with rain and thick weather.—Arrived the Pomona, Perry, from Rio Janeiro, with loss of sails, bulwarks, boats, ho. ; Ocean, Nutting from Cambria; The Triton, Hotton, from Bristol, put in here with loss of rudder, sails, boat, bulwarks, &a, on the 24th February, in let. 46, lon. 9. W., whilst lying too in a heavy gale, bound to St. Kitts. Sailed the Tyrian (Pac ket), Lieutenant Jennings, for Halifax, with mails ; Sir Walter Scott, Robinson, for Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19.---Wind N., Light.—Arrived the Thomas Bill, Carr, from Camprmichy ; Actress, Toole, from Mobile; Georgia, Davis, from Mobile ; Occanis, Prince, from Savannah ; Thistle, V 0... gler, from St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Arrived off port, the Bootle, from Porto Cabello. Sailed the Republic, Williams, for New York ; Argentina, Kelso, from Monte Video; Caledonian, from Philadelphia. SHEERNESS, MARCH 12.—The Nicholas, Kelso, from London, to Newcastle, and a schooner, both in ballast, were on shore on the Nore Sand yesterday evening, but got off without damage and proceeded. SMYRNA, FEB. o.—The Orlando, Wilson, which sailed from Amster dam on the 23 inst., got on shore near St. James' Castle, but with assist ance from H.M.S. Sapphire, came off without apparent injury, and pro ceeded. DROGHEDA, Maacit 10.—The Adelaide, Morgan, from this port to Glasgow, put into Garliestown, 7th inst., dismasted. The Ocean, Follans, from Demerara, put into Kinsale with damage, bound to London. _ _ The Lord Newboro', Prichard from Sligo to London, la wrecked near Kilrush, part of the cargo saved. The Elizabeth, Usher, from Newcastle, put into Hull very leaky, having struck upon the Inner Dowsing, bound to London. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) TWELVE O'CLOCK. To the present hour we have no arrivals of any consequence, and the American merchants are greatly disappointed in not hearing of the arrival of the London, line of packet ship, from New York. The wind having shifted to the south-west, we ,may expect to hear of her arrival this afternoon or to.morrow. THE FUNDS. Consols, which had a buoyant appearance in the early part sit the morning of yesterday at 931 1 / 1 1 for the Account, towards the close of the market became heavy, and closed at 931 1 for the Account, opened at the closing prioee, 931 to 1, with little doing ; money, 93 to 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 62 64; India Bonds to 62 64. Bank and India Stock shut. In the Foreign market, Spanish Active is looking up, closed at 201 }, opened at 201; ; Portuguese closed at 291 301, opened at the same ; per Cents., 191 201 ; Brazil, 75i 76 ; Mexican, 181 1 ; Colombian, 281 1 ; Dutch Two.and.a-Half per Cents., 521 531. An overland express from India has been received, but not of a later date than that previously received by the Government express. PRICES OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. tied. 3 per Cent. Cons ... . 83% 3 % South Sea Stock — N per Cent. — Old Annnitics Ditto Red ••• New Ditto 91% New 314 per Cent !On % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent.. Bank LongAnnultiestoexpire Ditto 500.— ... 62 64 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. 10. 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 —: Ditto Advertised — —pm Jan. 5, 1880 ....... ....... —1 Bank Stock for Account....„... April 5, 18111' — India Stock for Account — Jan. 5. 187 n — Consols for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Auitrian Bonds Belgian Bonds lOl Ditto Account ........ .......... Ditto Account — Portugueseßonds 63 Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bone - 30 4 14 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 301 4 14 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent '2 0 14 Chillian Bonds .... .......... -....— Prussian Bends — Ditto Account Ruvian Bonds, 1822 I II % 10% Oflumhian 80nd5........... ..... Ditto Account — Ditto Account C/lumbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account D+nish Ronda ..... Ditto Account ..... ......... Ditto Account 20,4 12 1 ) Greek Ilins.. ............ „........ French, 5 per cent „.. —f. --, Dico Bonds, 1825 . --- 4 per cent. .... ...... --4. Ditto Account ...... Mexican Bonds, 5 per conL l htto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent 16 3 1, Ncapolit ~ri — Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. - -. British Iron Company —so 34 United Mexican (issued at '2l. pm.) Ditto Scrip —3% Birmingham and l)erby Railway Company Bristol and Exeter Railway Company lO 9% Commercial Bli:ckwall Railway Company 2 3 Eastern Counties Railway 5 31,4 Hull and Selby-ltailway Company lO 8% B ighton Railway Company London and Blackwall Railway Ditto Scrip 3 6 )4% 6 London and Southampton Railway Company 5O 47 London and Southampton (New) Railway 5 28 7 1 4 u:rchester and Birmingham Railway 7 LIN Northern and Eastern Railway Company National Provincial Bank of England (New) lO 9 National Bank ot Ireland I7N; 15 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. We continue in the city in the same state as in the early part of the morning, without any further arrivals or reports to communicate. Consols have continued steady during the morning, at 93i for the Ac count, with little doing. Money, 93a ; Exchequer Bills, 62 64 ; India India Bonds 62 64 ; Bank and India Stock, shut. In the Foreign Market the only speculation has been In Spanish Active, which may be quoted at an advance, 20N, 21, with Coupons. Portuguese, 80 1 A ; Three per Cents , 20 ; Brazilian, 76 14 ; Co. lombian, 29 ; Mexican, 2S % ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 52 , % 53 1 ,6 Shares lower. THREE O'CLOCK. CA - msole for the Account, 98 TA. THEFUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Omnium India Stock Ditto konds South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Avnuiticr....... Ex. IMO/ '%cl. C 5 pm Ditto 5001 65 pm Ditto 5091 65 pm Bank Stock for Opg. 2 9 Stock for Act. Consols for Feb. B4nk Stock 3 per Cent. Iles' 437, 3 per Cent. Cons 927 3y. per Cent. 3% per Cent. Red. New 3% per Cent .100% I per Cent. AsPented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Jaa IMO Ozt IR.SO Jan. 1860 l5 1-16 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent lO4 !Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent 61% Selgisn, 5 per cent P a r u i m iss m ia n n, ilo s n pz c S e i n e t. r . w4i .. ....... - i Ditto, New Ditto W3i ituenfris Ayres, 6 per cunt l -1 0 ,,i Br,zilian Bonds . ........... Chili= 6 per cent — Ditto , Metallic Colombian, 0 per cent Ditto, I1i:11 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 pct cent ... ...... —.-- Greek B i }fo n ds, 1ri25,5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. Date, 6 per cent., 1825 ....... 28 Dutch, 2i per cent. Peruvian, 16.25,0 per cent ... : Ditto, 5 per cent...,.,,., ......„.103 SHARES Birmingham and Derby Railway IS4 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway ... I2V. Bristol and Exeter Railway Eastern Counties Railway London and Brighton Railway 1 1 ,4 London and Plackwall Railway London and Southampton Railway 47 London and Southampton (New) Mawliester and Birmingham Railway Northern and Eastern Railway . SY, No other variations in the Prices of Shares since our One u'cleck ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) READING. The Committee met this day at eleven o'clock, when the following names were struck of: by consent k 4 v:" 11,, ' gitii.'g Member's poll—Benjamin Champion, James Wm. Sumner, John Dutton, Thomas Gale, Thomas A6ll Parcels, James Banks, and Robert Shearwood. From the Petitioner's poll—Wm. Mills, John Peirce, James Roggett, Joseph swain, John \Voottcn, Joseph Walsh, and James Withers. The scrutiny was then proceeded with. The first 'rota struck off was that of John Webber, by the sitting 11temb?r. The petitioner then succeeded in expunging the names of James • Swain, James New, and James Doe:, placing himself in a majority of one. The cases possessed not the slightest public interest. List. Yesterday a commission of lunacy was held at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington, before Commissioners Phillimore, Winslow, and Murray, to inquire into the state of mind of Francis Stephens, Esq., a solicitor, residing at Fulham. After hearing evidence, the jury proceeded to Mr. Stephen's residence at Fulham, where they had an interview with the unfortunate gentleman ; amongst other incoherent assertions, he stated that he had transported his father and grandfather, and that he was entitled to the crown of England, but that he had had no bowels since 1824. The evidence having been summed up by the Chief Commissioner, the jury found that Mr. Stephens had been of unsound mini since the Bth of May last. EVESH A M. The Committee ;net this morning at the usual hour. Mr. Tursainta applied for an adjournment until to-morrow, on the ground of the non.arrival of a witness named reams, whose evidence was most material to the case of the sitting Member, inasmuch as it would rebut the charges of corruption brought against Mr. Bonlovick. He had expected to have obtained the voluntary attendance of this witness, but, on writing fur him, he refused to come up unless compelled by a Speaker's warrant, which had ac cordingly been sent down yesterday, but the witness could not possibly reach town before evening. Under the circumstances, he hoped the Committee and his Learned Friends en the other side would consent to an adjournment till to-morrow. Mr. RUS!ITON said that the only condition on which he could accede to the proposal was the payment of the day's expenses. Mr. Triessmca said that he would not accept an adjournment these terms, and that his Learned Friend had better proceed ar his case. Mr. RUSHTON then proposed to go into the scrutiny of objected votes• The first class whist!' he would cuter upon was that of the messengers+ voters who were employed and paid for their services at the election, and were for that reason disqualified under the 7th and Sth of George IV. from voting. The vote of Joseph Justin, which belonged to this class, was then first put up. The facts of his having acted in the capacity of messenger, and having been paid for his services, were clearly established hi The evidence of several witnesses, and it then became a question as to whe ther the words of the Act which disqualified any person from voting, " who had acted as counsel, agent, poll.clerk, flagman, or in any other capacity," were intended to apply to the office of messenger. After a lengtheued argument, the room was cleared, and on the re admission of strangers, the CILIRM/N announced that the Committee was unanimously of opinion that the vote was bad. This decision will affect five other votes belonging to the same OW of objections. YOUGHAL. At the sitting of the Committee this morning, Roger Green Davis, whose evidence was yesterday objected to, because he had subscribed to the fund for supporting the petition, (the objection being overruled by the Committee), was examined to prove that the rent of the public house for which Robert Davis was registered, was paid to him by the latter, although it had been proved on the other side that Mrs. Pl° occupied the house, paid the licence, and bad her name over the door. The vote was disallowed, whereby the sitting Member was again in a majority of one. It then became the turn of the petitioner to object, and the vote of James Conway was objected to, on the ground of insufficient value of holding. For the objection it was stated that a part of the premises for which the voter was registered was since let off to another person, and that the part which Conway continued to occupy was under the value of 101. a-year. But the new occupier of the pottion parted with by Conway paid the rent to the latter. INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS.""‘ Monday, March 12, P. F. Robinson, Esq., V. P., in the Chair —.Mr. Wm Herbert was elected an Associate, and a long Ii of donations, including a description of the conventual buildings at the Germain aux Pres. Harding's Sketches at Home an d Abroad, and History of the London Churches, were all" nounced by the Secretary. Various business having been trarsacted, Mr. George Godwin, jun., read a paper on the ruins of St. Bavon's abbey, at Ghent, which approximate Yell closely in style to the buildings erected in England during the Saxon and early-Norman eras, and served to show i n Mr. Godwin's opinion, that the style which every where preceded the " pointed style," of architecture, vulgarly called Gothic, had its origin in Byzantium, afterwards Constanti nople. The paper was illustrated by many very interesting sketches, and excited some interest. A Lecture on Iron was then delivered by Mr. A. H. Renton, the first of a aeries which promises to be of value. The " Animals' Friend Society," last week, caused Dar id Boon and Thomas Lewry to be fined I7s. 6d. each, by W. Symon, Esq., and the bench, at Brighton, for great cruelty to asses; and at Union-hall, the drivers 60, D, and IS, 1C also the omnibus driver 1619, and the cab driver 1529, al; tc be fined by Mr. Traill, for cruelty to their horses. The last , offender pleaded that he had only used the lash of the Trb'P' but Mr. Traill properly observed that as much cruelty woin flicted with the lash of the whip as with the butt-end , and "- committed him for 14 days to prison. GALWAY.—We have to announce (we need not say with pleasure) that out of a population exceeding 40,0°vriat0 and after a period of seven months, including thre e at months, not it single individual is to be tried for any offence° the ensuing assizes for this town.—Galway Patriot. The parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, have corner, to the following excellent resolution with respect to wateartinr:,..t a the streets of that parish :—" That the Contrac tors for water ing the carriage -roads, be ordered to leave a dr y s p ace least three feet in width as a crossing for pedestrians t tae ends of every street throughout the parish." A LIVING PINCUSHION.—The other day a fool hardy fellow who had visited Barnsley fair, undertook, for the trifling wager of a pint of ale, to prick as m my pins in the calf of his leg as would form four letters of the alphabet.—Bath Chronicle In Poole Harbour are vast banks of mud. Li digging a well in West-street, in the town of Poole, a mass of sea weed was found, with remains of an embankment, six feet below the surface of the street, and a furlong from the present high water mark. A phrenologist remarking that some persons had the organs of murder and benevolence strongly and equally dove; loped, " Doubtless," was the reply of an individual prer,n those are the persons who would kill one with kindness. Saturday evening the coast guardmen on dut y sdis covered the extensive stack yards of Mr. Alexan der, at N. ton-on-the- Sea, near Alnwick, to be on fire, and before assls. tance could arrive twenty-two most valuable stacks 'roc con sumed.—Newcastle Paper. DU of Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the of Ormond, Prince's-street, Storey's - gate, on t he body ° Mary Ann Pilcher, aged 28, cook in the family of Mr. Yn tg r solicitor, of Vauxhall-bridge-road, who committed suicide • drowning herself in the moat attached to the General Penl: tentiary, Milbank. Mr. Young, the girl's master, stated tba! the house had been left in charge of the deceased and another servant, and on the return of the family on Friday last wit ll ,: discovered that during their absence about ten dozen of had been taken off, and that a number of bills had been cal"- tractcd. The Jury were of opinion that the mind of the young woman was affected by a dread of prosecution, and r " turned a verdict of " Temporary derangement." Such was the bitterness with which the disput es between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines were carr ied that they carried the marks of their respective parties into the . very architecture of their dwelling houses, those of the form " n e, being distinguished by the short stanchion which div ides sustains the small double arches, constituting the Gothic wilr. dows of the old houses ; while the same arches, without tlita centrical support denote the dwellings of the Ghibellines. DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS• Plated ion ThaS;l/fr„ B Steel . Plain Ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair.. £3 0 lades l " 1) X 8 - 1 0 Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 3 16 !, II 0 Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair... 4 4 0 ' 2 Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair h$ 0 12 0 King's pattern or oueen's pattern, silver handles ... 616 6 14 14 T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London.- ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street.) N.B. A Pamphlet containing a list. of the prices of Silver Plat e ' Plated Goods, \iv atches, Clocks, &c., may be lead gratis, •r will b e forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., Mrs. A. G. Milne, jun., of a daughter. On the 9th inst., in St. Helen's.place, the wife of S. Solly, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., at Hackney, the wife of Mr. H. G. Gibson, ()f Great St. Helen's, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., Mrs. A. Thomson, of York-place, Albion-road, Stoke Newington, of a son. On the 6th inst., in Wemyss-place, Edinburgh, Mrs. Arnott, of a son. On the 10th inst ,in Albion street, Hyde-park, Mrs. Frederick Beale, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., in Sussez.place, Regent's-park, the lady of W• Gibson, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst., at Kendal-place, Vassal-road, Kennington' Mrs. R. Price, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., in Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Mrs. l iV tg * Chrystie, of a daughter. MARRIED. This morning, at St. Pancras Church, Euston-square, Samuel Walker, third son of Roger Cox, Esq., of Spondon, near Dell'Y. to Sarah, only daughter of Mr. Thomas Tunaley, of Derby. On the Bth inst., at Waltharnstow, Robt. Vigne, Esq., to ElTlv a3 ' elder daughterGreaves, Esq. W• On the 6th inst., at St. John's Church, Cardiff, Mr. 13. Rawlings, of London, solicitor, to Miss Alice Burford Pardoe. On the 6th inst., at St. Andrew's, Norwich, Daniel Th" m ‘! -. Roy, Esq., of Hammersmith , surgeon, late of the lion. East India _ Company's Service, to Harriet, second (laughter of the late Captalp Simpson, R.M., of North Walsham, Norfolk. On the 10th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, R. 11. Winstaw: ley, Esq., of Heatlicote-street, Mecklenburgh-square, to Margarer Frances, only daughter of the late W. Fallowfield, Esq., s"rg e" ' of the Hon. East India Company's Medical Establishment, Madras' DIED. On the Ist inst., Richard B r o w n, Esq., N mvpor t, Is le of Wigh t ' aged 87. On the 3d inst., Catherine, wife of John King, Esq., of L"- wood, Sussex, aged 54. At Madeira, on the 16th ult., the Hon. Arthur Baring, youngest son of Lord Ashburton. On the Bth inst., at Leamington, the Hon. Isabella Jornilra Cocks, aged 10, thi r d d aug ht er o f L or d E as t n or, and granddaughter of Lord C. Somers. On the sth i ns t., a t Ch ar lton, Jane Sarah Cooper, daughter of Mrs. Jan e Mill er , age d 58; an d on th e 7th inst., Mrs. Jane relict of th e l a t e M a j or - G enera l James Miller, of the Rojal Artil lery, aged 84. On the sth inst., in Union-crescent, Margate, Mrs. A . Turner Brown, aged 69. On the Bth i ns t., i n B r u c e- grove, Tottenham, Hannah Pima her 85th y ear . On the 9th in s t., at the Vicarage House, Kentish-town, Mar garet, wif e o f th e R ev . J o hnson Grant, M.A. London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN — CT, o No. 1,12, Strand, at The San Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county 01 fkliddlesex.—Tuesday, March 13, 1838.